Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-04


Ths E.0afswills cSarssg .fsurnsi whicA
dmrsna Gsnezz1 LnexnAE life was his-
sariy oppossd % him 90 alnsasa ssssy
ausasisn shaa ennns hafers ~ pahlis.
pays shs foIIswinz srihuss b ths dsaa
Senas1fs
Qaisk area aha annpuEenmenf Of fAs
nr ffnaI fllnMan of Gen. En0an Rozae
tainaB thzt tel rs he 10 dad He was Q
warm fzinna. bFsvs eneHy. and 1n
hon@e3 nan, and ~ Lag uRsn hts eaE12
che nam0Ffal, noe fmaeaA e. thn@a wno
loved sad followed hln1 dnxinG IN life,
but ~ shose who. ~ hia dsA&k. recall
0aiy bic viEsaea.
fhoss vfTsnss sore numaroue and
peafsfTs. OF an araeat nasnfs. Re did
noGbtna By halxe2 Amhstiazs be uns
undonhsedly, bat his aspismtsens lay IN
tie direesiom oE pMswiotis EliVa1esnsut
and elsRakinu, and sougkk 10 devla0s
raussn. % unmnnly advantages. Oar
inc al aRe Of oorrupfien hls hands we're
clean, and his oaEesx stood lie sxde2l ct
National political nampaiRn without
fac, bis character coming ons Of the
contest better respected and briGhtsF
khan Il has entarsd Ia
Thia i exceptional, and Is II hiah
praise 20 be anfd o. any p1blie man;
and, shat h not aisags the ease with
snaal statements, it ID tKne.
Like most men Of maKked tndivida-
atty, Gea. Logan vas . ready snbjesa
for partisan satire and attack. Bat he
was never an ohieas Of serious malese-
lsuee, kind Of esod humer mixing IL
self With the eonvsntienai fane0F,
which vas aef6am more than skin deep.
He did net himself bear malice, aza.
thoneh . nan Of strosR likes aBd dis
likes, hs oppasad rather than hated
Frem TIE beginning ts tbs end he vas
most successful IN winning and keeping
pests Of honoF, both In var and peace.
AZ q soldier be was Fss0lnte. clear
siakted and raliabis, and gallant 20 .
| fault; as 8 Senator, painstskInRs midas.
trious and e0aseisntioaa. de changed
bis political associations absolutely AZ
tss his entrance into public lie. Bat i
can nos be pretended that he wAveFed
as aay time, OF wae ever hard 70 md.
The QuaKrsls that attended ana followed
the severance Of his original party -.
lsaious and tiss did mush 20 clsu1 and
emhittaR 9 part Of his life, and be never
resumed the old sir AID tones 81 Renial
ity With his former political comrades.
There is reason. however, 20 believe that
be long ago ceased 70 carry any personal
| III viii In his heart, and those who
eifheF heard, or read. his exquissse little
| speech on the occasion Of she farewell
dinner 10 General sherman given as
| Washington Soma four years AGO, can
heaT testimony 10 the graceful aenesosi
| ~ OF bic sentiments touehinR th5Bs who
bad fought against the Union In the
great sectional var.
The deash OF 0en2ras Logan 70 not
without political signidcance, though
| this IL not the time 81 place 70 consider
il. In the pFeseRoe OF deasA political
speculation hangs her head and 10 siians.
An nHhinohing soldier end an unques
tiOnine partisan has gone TO hta account;
and, thoagh We may not march with the
funeral procession, we sand uncovered
whilst Il bears hero 20 his final home
on earth. Before the spectacle OF do
nestle anguish, which, though We zee IL
not, We know is there, all hearts must
boz. Thus, ons By 0ns the conspicuous
figures Of the period Of var are taken
Grant and Hancock. Today 10 10 Logan.
Lee and Thomas went long years ago.
Let as hope that In that world. where
truth Is eternal, they At least are happy
In les light, And let the dead past, which
has buried 50 many Of its dead, live in
eur memory oHly 70 soften our hearts
and uaite our hands In Q national fell
lowship which shall see rs safely 10 the
other side, and endure forever with
thOee Who come after ns